hm… Wonder if this is something? China’s president [Xi Jinping] pressed a charm offensive with Latin America on Thursday, signing deals with Brazil, meeting regional leaders and proposing a $20 billion infrastructure fund that highlights Beijing’s growing interests in the region. Xi then met behind-closed doors with a dozen Latin American and Caribbean leaders, including [...]
Ok. Sometimes I have no self control Elizabeth Warren [Fauxcahontis] went on to outline 11 tenets of progressivism: – “We believe that Wall Street needs stronger rules and tougher enforcement, and we’re willing to fight for it.” [except for GoldmanSax] – “We believe in science, and that means that we have a responsibility to protect [...]
Nudging/Naggin’ T’other day I was standing in line at a local chain drug store. They have a brand new kind of blood pressure taker over on the side and, apparently, lots of people like to use those things. Never thought much about ‘em before but, now, they’re noo and “improved”. They talk. Yep — in [...]
*thonk* sound of penny dropping Honduran officials on Wednesday called for U.S. aid to Central America to reduce violence that has fueled a surge of child migration to the United States, with the foreign minister calling for a “mini-Marshall plan” to attack the broader underlying problems. Nevermind that the “violence” has “fueled a surge of [...]
”shhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” sed Das Proggiez A total of about 600,000 slaves were imported into the Thirteen Colonies and the U.S, constituting 5% of the twelve million slaves brought from Africa to the Americas. The great majority of African slaves were transported to sugar colonies in the Caribbean and to Brazil. As life expectancy was short, their [...]
Fink Out! Edition CA is having a drought. It happens. It’s a normal part of the weather here along the coast having to do with ocean currents, atmospheric currents, Teh Sun, etc. Yanno, this: Here’s a century of rainfall: See? Not so weird this year. In fact, one could say that drought years were almost [...]
dang but this usta be a nice state… We’re all Americans in this hemisphere. North and South America – to work together to improve the situation in those countries, … So now our task is to ”democratize” Central America? All of The Americas? Like we did in Iraq and Afghanistan? If that ain’t a call [...]
NooSpeak Edition What is it with the DHS Secy job?!? Is the chief requirement written as : “Must be spin-master of little skill and high tenatiousness”? Remember DammitJanet “The System Worked” Napolitianohcrap trying to guess her way through which airports were “at risk”? “I wanna say” *eyeroll* Now we have the baffling name Jeh. He [...]
which gives rise to more questions…. Teh Plot thickens. Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone, a Temecula Republican who is campaigning for the 28th state Senate District: . It is our understanding that the Mexican Cartels are now involved in human trafficking and bringing frightened and traumatized women and children on a dangerous journey through Mexico [...]
up on your hind legs! MURRIETA, Calif. A wall of angry protesters blocked three buses of undocumented immigrants in Southern California, forcing them to turn around — but with no clear final destination. “USA!” “Impeach Obama!” and “Deport, Deport!” Clearly Raaaacists. Murrieta Police Chief Sean Hadden said he was told to expect 140 immigrants every [...]
What does this say to you? First impressions first. Then thoughtful ones… This is a picture, among others, in this person’s office. Ready?
*urp* [HillD.Beast:] “Everything I say is twisted and used against me. I can’t get any traction. They are pouncing on everything I say.” [SlickWillie:] “We all have a right to feel sorry for ourselves from time to time. But you’ve got history to make.” [HillD.Beast:] “Right now I’m feeling like they can all go f**k [...]
un-level Ahoy!! New Constituents Ahead!!! House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will travel to the southern border of the U.S. on Saturday to … meet with a group of children held at the South Texas Detention Facility. Surprise!! Huuuumaaaaanitarian Criiiisis!!! Even though *somehow* .gov knew — in January — they were coming. [Mz Pelosi said:] “The [...]
Low-way Robbery The original story: poor little 3yo girl, attacked by a dog, being taken home from the hospital by her grandmother, gets tossed out of a KFC because her odd appearance was “freaking out the other customers.” Americans, being who they are, kicked in with more than $135,000 in cash, gifts and free surgeries. [...]
“contumacious conduct” “The EPA destroyed vast databases that would have revealed the extent to which Carol Browner and other top officials worked with environmental groups to issue last-minute regulations prior to the end of the Clinton administration,” [U.S. District Judge Royce] Lamberth had issued a protective order on Jan. 19, 2001, the day before the [...]
wth?!? ISIS/L is grabbing all sorts of stuff in Iraq. Like the oil refinery, the banks, and lots of turf. Also the capture of the chemical-weapon stockpile … wait… whaaa?!? Sunni extremists in Iraq have occupied what was once Saddam Hussein’s premier chemical-weapons production facility, a complex that still contains a stockpile of old weapons, [...]
Political Gutter Award of Teh Week Mississippi: Sen. Thad Cochran and challenger Chris McDaniel The Cochran campaign is hitting McDaniel on things he said as a conservative talk radio host a decade ago, where he ridiculed a woman running for governor for using her “boobies” to get elected, and made reference to beautiful Mexican women, [...]
as if it were intended As Iraq separates, Secretariat of eState JOhn KErry is hard at work: “Thousands of years after rape was written into the lexicon of warfare, we know that it is time to write it out and to banish sexual violence to the dark ages and the history books where it belongs,” [...]
it’ll be real shiitey, real suuni Anybody checked on the whereabouts of the Bergdahl Five lately? Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the administration was “open to discussions” with Tehran if they can help end the violence. He [said] he would “not rule out anything that would be constructive.” Well, Teh Moolahs could be [...]
A Trillion Bucks and How Many Lives… The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is preparing contingency plans to evacuate its employees if necessary now that one of the deadliest Islamic militant groups in the region has taken control of large swaths of Iraq, a U.S. official told TheBlaze. Your tax dollars @ work: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi [...]
